Mame bāgā (豆バーガー)

Name: Mame bāgā
Total time: 48 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 300 g soy beans; 100 g onion; 10 g butter; 1 piece egg; 0.5 tsp salt; to taste ground black pepper; 1 tbsp flour; 100 g shimeji mushrooms; 4 piece shiitake mushrooms; 120 g lotus root; 200 g daikon radish; to taste vegetable oil; 0.5 piece lemon; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 0.5 tsp sugar

Japan

Binburgers are vegetarian patties made from soy beans, served with aromatic mushrooms, slices of lotus root, and fresh daikon radish in a light lemon‑soy sauce. The dish is rich in plant protein and suitable for fans of Japanese cuisine.

Ingredients

300 g soy beans
100 g onion
10 g butter
1 piece egg
0.5 tsp salt
to taste ground black pepper
1 tbsp flour
100 g shimeji mushrooms
4 piece shiitake mushrooms
120 g lotus root
200 g daikon radish
to taste vegetable oil
0.5 piece lemon
1 tbsp soy sauce
0.5 tsp sugar

Steps

Step 1: Slice the onion into thin strips, sauté it in butter until light brown, then let it cool. Set aside a few soy beans for garnish. Mash the remaining beans into a puree, season with salt and pepper.
Step 2: Beat the egg, add one‑third of it to the bean puree and mix well, then gradually pour in the remaining egg. Stir in the flour, add the blanched onion and mix thoroughly – this forms the binburger batter.
Step 3: Divide the mixture into 8 equal portions, shape them into patties about 1 cm thick. Decorate each with the reserved soy beans, arranging them into a face.
Step 4: Peel the lotus root and slice it into pieces about 7 mm thick. Peel the daikon radish, grate it coarsely, and squeeze out excess moisture. Juice the lemon, add soy sauce and sugar, and stir – the lemon‑soy sauce is ready.
Step 5: Heat a skillet, add vegetable oil, then add the shimeji mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, lotus root, and daikon. Cover with a lid and cook over low heat for 1 minute, then cover again and cook for another minute.
Step 6: Transfer the cooked vegetables to a plate, wipe the skillet with a paper towel, and re‑oil it with vegetable oil. Place the 8 patties, decorated side down, in the skillet and fry until light brown. Flip and fry for a few more minutes over low heat.
Step 7: Arrange two binburgers on a plate, slightly overlapping, with the fried vegetables beside them. Top one binburger with grated daikon and drizzle the lemon‑soy sauce over it just before serving.